>> sean: one thousand dollar bet, we are on. the news continues, greta is next. we'll see you tomorrow night. >> greta: huge news at home and huge news in the world. on the record is the place for it all. congressman paul ryan, ambassador bolton and other guests are coming. first, it is a political stunt or great plan? that's for to you decide. today the republicans unveiled their new pledge to america. we went to capitol hill to get you the inside story. first, house minority whip eric cantor goes on the record. nice to see you. >> good to be with you always. >> greta: you guys are drawing blood. former president clinton responded to the new pledge that you made today. he referred to your pledge and other republicans hysterical tirades against government. he called the pledge an ideological document and warned it would be implemented at the expense of america's middle class. >> let's say maybe that's

predictable coming from bill clinton. the pledge to america was a result of a six, seven, eight month process where the republicans in the house went out to listen to the people. we understand that the people in this country feel disconnected from their government. we unveiled the pledge to america today in the hopes that we can begin, just to begin to right the ship, if you will. the balance between the government and the private sector has become so altered that many americans don't recognize what is going on. you put that in combination with their own circumstances of being out of work for so long or knowing some that are, it makes it very difficult for people to have confidence in anyone. so we tried to put together a very sense cal document that sets forth -- principles around which we fashion solutions to deal with the economic problems facing

people as well as the reform needs confronting washington. >> greta: before we get to the parts of the pledge, let me ask, what is the enforcement? is the enforcement only two years from now if you haven't kept it, should you get the majority, they will throw you out. is that the only enforcement? >> i hope this is a beginning discussion with the american people. we republicans aim to want to be in those kitchen table conversations with people so we are interacting. you and i know, we've talked about our you-cut program. this program that produced this document of a pledge to america was interactive, we heard from people, we listened. i'm hopeful there is an ongoing accountability measure. we intend to count front, if we are lucky enough to assume majority accountability in our actions that the public can and should hold us accountable

for all we intend to do. that's why you see an attempt to try to be a reasoned party in this document. i think at the root of it all, of all the frustration is americans are tired of politicians who continue to promise things they can't deliver. >> greta: i've been critical of the democrats bringing up the issue of the tax cuts the extension of tax cuts on the eve of midterms that could have been discussed before. dream act certain segment of the population. now today you and other republicans go to a small business and also unveil this. where have you been or why now? why is that not the same sort of criticism as a stunt on the eve of the midterms? >> greta, if you look at proposals in the document, we have been about these

proposals for sometime. we've been engaged in conversation with people, asking them what they thought of our stimulus plan? our plan was focused on small business help and providing tax relief to small businesses. that's in our plan. >> greta: i don't mean to step on you, is this a formallization of what you have been doing? >> no, because we -- no, because we listened to the people. we had proposals we had been forming over the last 20 months. as you know, as a result of an agenda being promoted by the obama administration and the pelosi majority that was outside the mainstream of what most people wanted, because it didn't speak to the real essence of what america is. in terms of private sector prosperity. we went out and discussed those things in the pledge to america, we set forth a preamble many that preamble talks about our principles.

and the commitment that we're gonna have to free markets. to fiscal discipline. to strong national defense. and to the other things that i think americans inately understand is behind the real success of this country. >> greta: is this different from the last time republicans had the majority in the house? is this a different deal? a different program, something different you are giving americans? >> it is. it is a pledge to america, because it sets forth the set of principles that we intend to live by. we are committing ourselves to those principles. then, we say these are the first steps. this is not the be all that ends all. these are the first steps that we intend to deliver so we respond to the priorities of the american people right now. which is, to get people back to work. and really, this is a governing document that could be put into place right now if the speaker would go ahead and

call some of these ups up. you know, -- call some of these items up. you know we've heard about uncertainty plaguing working families and small businesses. one of the biggest causes is the over-hang what the tax rates are going to be. >> greta: i know this isn't in your control we are not likely to see a vote on that before election day. probably the lame duck session is that your thinking? >> we continue to ask speaker pelosi to listen to the american people and to listen to a bipartisan majority in the house. there's a bipartisan ma skpwrort now that supports making sure -- majority, now that supports making sure no taxes are hiked. >> greta: maintaining the same cut. >> there is no cut. >> greta: extension. i don't mean it that way. >> one of two things will happen in january taxes go up or stay the same.

nobody is getting a cut. if you look at the people that the president continues to try and malign those people have been successful, small business people. 50% of the individuals impacted by tax hike under the president's proposal get at lost 26% of their income from small business sources. the larger that percentage grows the more jobs they with which is why you have a bipartisan majority in the house that says why would we want to tax the job creators? >> greta: would it be more politically courageous to have the vote up or down between now and election day? >> you better believe it. >> greta: no matter how you feel about it, the fact that the american people, they are played on this one. we ought to know where everybody stands for or against before election day. >> it is adding to the iri and the cynicism that people have pointed towards washington. -- i think most people

understand taxes are not good in a recession if you look on the inside of what is going on most members of congress support the notion you ought not hike taxes in a recession. certainly from a policy standpoint, uncertainty is the best thing we can do is pass that bill and make sure people know their taxes aren't going up. i just for the life of me don't understand why they don't do that. >> greta: i think the tea party movement is an objection to the process. the fact this is an important issue not getting voted on before election day makes the american people feel like they aren't being heard whether they are for it or against it that caused a lot of americans to speak up. >> unquestioned that right now the tea party is the tip of the spear as far as frustration across this country. people are tired of spending. tired of the growth of government. theyre tired of the politicians making promises they don't keep.

>> greta: next, congressman paul ryan. he's so serious about one part of the return pledge he's ready to leave the party if the promise is broken. what part is he talking about? congressman ryan tells you, next. believe it or not ahmadinejad out does himself. did you hear what he did? you will. ambassador bolton coming up. >> plus, congressman mike pence just won the values voter's straw poll. is he or is he not running for president? his answer? let's say this is a new one. stay tuned. when i had my heart attack, i couldn't believe it.

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>> greta: wisconsin congressman paul ryan on the record about the republicans' new pledge to america. nice to see you. >> thanks for having me again. >> greta: you have lincoln on the wall over your left shoulder you have your agree bay packer helmet. >> we are doing well we lost a running back and we monday night football against the bears. i know you have these vikings sympathies because of brett favre. you know what this is? minnesota vikings super bowl ring. >> greta: all right we got that out. good you are not running for reelection in minnesota you just lost it. another thing you don't have today is vice president biden. he was harsh in terms of your new pledge. you and your colleagues. what do you make of the fact that vice president biden has come out and is making fun of

your last minute conversion? >> we pledged to do things different than this government we have now. what is the put of having an alternative party if you don't put out alternatives? we don't think we should be raising taxes. we don't think we should be jamming bills through that are 3,000, 4,000 pages long that tphaob has read. sure i understand -- that nobody has read. it is natural we don't an question with each other. >> greta: president obama said more of the same. is it just more of the same? >> we are not trying to reinvent this country as i would argue the president is. we want to reclaim this country. more of the same means we are trying to reconnect with those founding principles that made america exceptional in the first place. last time were in the majority we didn't do well. we have to own up to that. we did too much spending. we got the professional spenders in charge now. what we are saying is stop the spending binge. get jobs back. cleanup congress. these are the first steps we

need take to get this country back on track. >> greta: one of the things, taxes the bush tax cuts, you want to keep them for people who make $250,000. other aspects. how are you going to pay for your pledge? >> first thing to improve our deficit situation grow the economy and greet jobs. instead of having people go on unemployment, let's have them paying taxes by having jobs. second thing, cut spending. raising taxes defeats those objectives. raising taxes slows economic growth. cbo says we could lose 1.2 million jobs next year alone. we should be cutting spend, the root cause of our problem is not we don't have enough taxes, we spend too much. that's our emphasis and that is the cornerstone of the pledge we put out today. >> greta: are you going to cut services to seniors? >> what we propose 1.3 trillion in cuts.

rescind tarp, stop federal employee hiring. serious discussion with people in this country about these entitlement programs. the point i've been making all long seniors aren't going to be affected. the plan i pit on myself, which is not the republican plan, but my plan doesn't affect anybody over 55. pays off our debt. puts programs on the path to solvent. >> if we don't stave off this debt crisis seniors will have their benefits cut. we should prevent that. >> greta: is social security an entitlement program? >> social security, medicare, medicaid are the big entitlement programs. >> greta: people pay into social security they don't see it as an entitlement program. >> technically speaking these are entitlement programs. you turn 65, you get the benefit. >> greta: if someone has been paying in for a number of years is that person going to get cut? >> i propose don't cut

programs for people in and near retirement. for those of us under 54, these programs are going bankrupt. the current social security proposes a 22% cut down the road for everybody. what i have been proposing, don't cut these benefits for people who are already retired, close to retired. put them on a path to solvency for the future. if we don't get serious about this budget problem, everything is going to get cut. we are going to have greek-like austerity. big tax increases that slows the economy. let's prevent that unfortunately, that's the path that the president has put us on. that's the path that nancy pelosi has put us on. they didn't even do a budget this year. the budget we are living under last year's dubs our debt in five years and triples it in 10 years. they are putting us on a path for economic ruin this pledge of first steps we need to take in the right direction to getting this country back on

track. >> greta: one of the other aspects to the pledge is get rid of the national health care program which is just beginning to be implemented. why is in this pledge why there is no banning of earmarks? earmarks alienate a lot of americans. i realize why some are effective or emergencies. a lot are sort of -- pad member of congress. >> i've been going after earmarks since i got here. the house republicans already adopted rules -- >> greta: why not put it in to reaffirm it to the nation. >> because we already did it. we didn't want to do things we already did. we want to own up to the fact that we did spend too much. we want to turn these things around. we've already done the earmark more for -- moratorium. if we come back and be big spenders again, i'm joining another party. we understand the dire situation we have. the good news, in my opinion is i think americans get this.

people understand that the american idea, the american dream that we've all come to know and will have that made us so exceptional, it is at risk that is why we want to try and take congress back. we've got to get serious and have adult conversation in this country. do we want that american dream? that opportunity with the safety net or do we want a welfare state? that is the decision coming to us in this and yes the next election i think the american people are clear. we owe it to our citizens to our constituents to give them a viable alternative of limited government and free enterprise. that's what we are trying to do. >> greta: congressman, thank you. could ahmadinejad possibly top himself? believe it or not, that answer is yes. we'll tell you what hideous thing he did. ambassador bolton, next. >> do you know what gm did? that same gm that we own 61% of?

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. >> greta: ahmadinejad somehow tops himself. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad spoke to the u.n. general assembly today and many delegations, including the united states marched out during his speech. the "new york times" puts the number at 33. americans hit the road when ahmadinejad said some people think 9/11 was the work of americans to save israel. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton joins us live. stunning but not surprising. would you agree? >> yeah, well this is sort of the highlight, i think of ahmadinejad's dip pat tick charm offensive in new york -- diplomatic charm offensive in new york, this week showing how he views the world. this man only hours before president obama said he was still holding the door open to negotiations with. >> greta: robert gibbs issued a statement on behalf of the president and the white house. i hope he wants a do over on this maybe you don't agree. he says, president obama found

the comments to be outrageous and offensive, given how close we are to ground zero. i don't care where he made the statements at ground zero or tehran they are still outrageous and offensive. i hope this is gibbs being sloppy on his blackberry and nothing more. maybe i'm hypersensitive. >> this is an accurate reflection of how ahmadinejad thinks. i think it is a reflection of the entire regime in tehran. that's why i say, how president obama can continue to believe that he will hold the door open, that was the phrase that our president used, hold the door open to negotiate with this regime. what if ahmadinejad walked through door and sat down at the president's negotiating table. would they trade stories about who was responsible for 9/11 during their negotiation? the fact is, he live in an alternative reality. any commitments this regime makes about its nuclear

weapons program are coincidentally related to the real world. >> greta: new york "the new york times" said 33 delegations walked out, including our own. who would even have gone in to begin with? maybe you have to go in. it seems if it is predictable what he's going to say. he has never said anything different. why bother to show up, instead of showing up, hoping he's going to be nice and reach out and say let me get rid of our nuclear arms program? >> i think the united states learned a lesson a long time ago, you never leave your chair empty less something happens when you are not there. to walk out reflects just how outrageous the comments were. even if the count is right that 33 walked out that means 159 stayed. there's your typical u.n. general assembly vote. u.s. on the losing side, 159-33. >> greta: obviously they are

our friends. >> european union probably. >> greta: is it not also a signal of how the world is acquiesces in iran going forward with it's nuclear program in general and isn't the writing on the wall. even despite everyone's best wishes and hopes, sanctions and keeping the door open that there is no reason to believe that is going to happen? >> absolutely. if i were ahmadinejad counting who was still there from the podium and who was leaving, i would say this is proof they've whoever many sanctions, resolutions the u.n. security council passes or the. . or congress his economy is going to -- eu or congress his economy is going to continue to thrive his program is going to continue. it demonstrates why those who believe a nuclear capable iran can be detained and deterred are badly mistaken. if you thought the remarks

today were outrageous and the he showed earlier in the week saying saying saying he would have war without boundaries if you that i is objectionable, imagine how much worse it will get once he has nuclear weapons. >> greta: i hoped there's a tiny piece that hopes it isn't as bleak as i think. one time president bush 41 told me if you asked him when he was shot down in world war ii that we would be friends with japan he would have thought that was a ridiculous thing to say. now look at our relationship with japan. i guess a little part of me hopes sang will work. >> i don't have that little part. >> it -- >> it seems so unlikely from what we've seen so far. any way doesn't look like it is going to happen. thank you. >> thank you. >> next, viewers get deja vu. why? it has to do with the

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american people that offers a new way forward. >> reporter: we caught up with craig to see what has he did changed and how he feels at being at the center of political attention. you were concerned about tax cuts expiring. now you have the entire gop leadership in your backyard. what has changed since we last spoke? how do you feel about what the republicans had to say? >> the republicans have been accused of being the party of no and not having ideas. now they've put something out there for the public to understand and what will happen if they get elected this november. great to have someone put a stake in the ground and say here's what we are going to do. it is high time they let us know what we are voting for and what is going to change. >> reporter: you sat down privately with minority leader boehner, congressman cantor. what was said? >> we all got a chance to talk about our business and the challenges we face. one of the things i great up with taxes. i also talked about health care reform.

i give the president credit for wanting to tackle the problem. the problem there was no bipartisanship and they ended up with something that didn't control the costs. there are so many things that can be done to help us in our business, only 35 or 36 sign up for our health care program. a small pool our rates are going up every year. it makes sense to band together with other groups, there's plenty of o -- organizations he belong to where we can band together, be a bigger pool and shop the insurance more effectively. they didn't put it in there. tort reform, i'm not a doctor. i don't have relatives that are doctors. but i understand they have to pay hundreds of thousands in malpractice insurance and that drives up the cost. they have to cover themselves to by issuing more tests if case they get sued.

if we have some reasonable tort reform no doctor goes in wanting to make a mistake. certain fully they do some amount has to be paid. we need figure what is the proper reform which will also drive down costs. >> reporter: how much confidence do you have the republicans will do what they said they will do? how much do you believe in this pledge they've unveiled? >> it is going to be very difficult. i waited most of my adult life for the republicans to at lost have control of the senate and the house and the presidency. when it happened i was very disappointed. i didn't see much change as far as controlling spending. i didn't see government programs ending. if i'm going to use that as a benchmark my confidence is lukewarm. it is tough. you have to tell people things they don't want to hear. everybody knows there are areas in the entitlement programs that will need to be changed in order to be sustainable.

everybody knows it. unfortunately, it is a toughening to present to the american public. i would hope the people that get elected this fall democrat or republican can come together and tackle the major issues. tell the truth about what needs to happen. actually put their jobs on the line. i would have more respect for someone who does the best job they can to reduce spending and fix long term problems for our children and grand children and maybe they don't get elected the next term. that would be a better statesman than someone who just wants to be elected every term. >> greta: as we know you remember and probably wish could you forget, you own 61% of general motors. gm a massive bailout from you, when it went bankrupt. last month we told you about political causes gm donated to. now gm, which you own 61% of is donating to some politicians. joining us live "wall street journal" reporter. your newspaper carried this story.

tell me what gm is doing? who making these contributions? >> general motors has set up a political action committee, pac as we know. they set it up. they pay for it and run it and taking employee contributions and spending it on house races. in the midterms. now, of course we own gm so there's a problem here this is a taxpayer funded institution. can you imagine if the department of agriculture had a political action committee? there's a reason they don't, that's the law. what we've got is this realty just this anomaly that has been created through the bailouts. one other problem with this, gm had the right policy earlier this year. they had put a ban on these kinds of political entities and these political arms and donations. but they've lifted the ban as these midterms have neared.

saying we've got to fight for our interests in washington. >> greta: i don't know why they are so concerned. our research has shown they've spent 4.8 million dollars on lobbyist this year it is not like they have no voice. now, gm says that it is not gm making the contributions but it is their pac. it is employees contributing to pac. the big question is what employees? concentrateed to any sort of economic strata? >> usually the top executives. i wouldn't be surprised if it isn't gm. there's a limit at the top. somebody on the assembly line isn't gonna fork over $5,000. that's something very easy for gm executive, even after the bailout to do. usually these political action committees -- are funded by top executives who have the compensation to spare.

>> greta: i guess we should name names. who are the lucky recipients? >> these are democrats in the midwest who have been very favorable to the auto industry who pushed for the bailout they in some contested races now. you bring up a good point about the lobbyists. these bailout babies, you can add aig and citigroup to the list. aig have spent three million dollar on lobbyists this year and citigroup still owes the government 15 billion dollars has spent two million on lobbyists both have political action committees doing the same thing. >> greta: going through the list, obviously michigan representatives and ohio. michigan represented carolyn

kilpatrick only got $1,000. dingle got $5,000. i guess i would be mad if i got cheated by them. whatever. >> yeah, i don't know how they are making their decisions. obviously, you have to look at the races. maybe they feel like they can give somebody an edge where it is closer. >> greta: or chairmanships and seniority. >> exactly who has the power in washington. this is the great tragedy of these bailouts. they an opportunity to -- when they handed this money over to these companies, to require them to pull back spending on political contributions. and they didn't do it. that's a fault of washington. that's why we need campaign finance reform as well. >> greta: donations are made to both republicans and democrats. >> that's true. >> greta: david, thank you. here is what is coming up on the o'reilly factor.

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in 1976. bristol meyers cutting more than 800 jobs. the lay-offs amount to 3% of their workforce. the jobs will be eliminated over the next six months. i'm marianne rafferty now back to on the record. >> greta: happy six month anniversary or is it unhappy anniversary? we report you decide. six months ago the president signed the national health care overall into law. john barrasso an orthopedic surgeon. good evening. >> thanks for having me. growth looking at the voters when this was passed 55% were in favor of repealing it. midsummer 56, now it is 61% don't like it. they want to repeal it. what is the story on this? >> we need to repeal and replace this is a terrible bill. terrible law. bad for people who are patients.

bad for providers of health care, nurses and doctors and paid for people who are paying. taxpayers or people who pay their own health care costs. it is awful and we need to tear it apart and as ronald reagan used to say, starve the beast. we need to undercut the funding. >> greta: the stuff is just beginning to kick in. a lot of things people want health care they want to be in good health. is your objection to it on political reasons, philosophical reasons or is it because you think it is too costly or as a surgeon you think it is not going to help you provide better medical care? >> all of the above. let's look at what the president promised. he said if you like your health care, you can keep it. now we know, no, half of all the americans who get their insurance through work are not going to be able to keep the insurance they have and they like. >> greta: why? >> because the rules and regulations are written you have to meet different criteria of the government. you have to put in this level

or this level. a lot people don't want all that health insurance. there's a mandate that people have to buy the product. there's a supreme court test, we'll will get to the supreme court. right now what we are fighting is the president's promise has been broken. he said the costs would go down. kathleen sebelius when this becomes law the cost of insurance would drop 10, 20%. the cost of care is going up more because the law was passed than if nothing had been done at all. >> greta: i'm a little confused on these numbers. when i talked to the republicans they say that under this law that the senior members of our country will get reduced coverage. you talk to the democrats they say no, it is not true. medicare is not going to get reduced. i'm so confused by the numbers, i don't know who to believe. >> the bill cuts 500 billion

dollars from seniors on medicare. the president is home alone on this one. no democrats who are running for office are mentioning they voted for this. the only ones talking about the law are democrats running ads saying they voted against it. the president is really out there by himself. we need to previously and replace this and a lot to that is going to be withholding funding from the internal revenue service they want 10 billion dollars for 16,000 new agents to enforce this law. i think we ought to not give them the money. >> greta: as a surgeon is this new law any way inhibit the ability for you or other doctors to do quality work as you have in the past? >> absolutely. when you look at what the president out tos as medicare changes this is cutting -- touts as medicare changes this is cutting and keeping -- taking another 30% off and

holding them for 10 years. they are taking this money from medicare -- >> greta: that means doctors are not going to [ talking over each other ] >> greta: they can't afford to do it if they keep getting cut. >> the congressional budget office admits to that a lot of hospitals and doctors are going to close their doors. they are taking this money away from medicare to put 16 million other people, not seniors, cram them into medicaid a program that only half doctors see them now. reform is going to begin by repealing this, as a result of voters going to the voting booth on election day and speaking up, because democrats didn't listen to 'em through the last year. the president hasn't listened, democrats haven't listened, they going to vote for people who have listened. >> greta: thank you. >> thanks. >> greta: next the best of the rest. after the straw poll vote the

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>> greta: here is the best of the rest. apparently vice president biden is a fan of the tea party movement. well, sort of. speaking to reporters at a fundraiser in maryland the vice president said maybe the best thing to happen to us lately is the tea party wins. the vice president also guaranteed at the event that the democrats will keep control of the house and senate. >> if you are flying over the holidays do not count on airlines for cheap tickets. some airlines are jacking up prices around attention and christmas. virgin america, jetblue and airtran setting prices higher than their competitors. the normally cheaper airlines expect heavy travel over the holidays. the most expensive flights are to places like cancun, aruba and orlando. >> since congressman mike pence von the voter straw poll

everyone wants know will he -- will he aren't for president? are you tempted when you walk out and find out that they picked you as the choice to run on the republican nomination, this group. are you tempted? >> [ laughing ] >> greta: what is the final answer? don't miss our interview with congressman pend tomorrow night. there you have the best of rest. remember when joaquin phoenix went on letterman? he just paid dave another visit. we'll show you what happened. [ female announcer ] stay once. stay twice... earn a free night! two separate stays at comfort inn

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any way. >> no. no. i was not offended. it was so much fun. it was good. yeah. we just -- it was batting practice. do you know what i mean? everyone of them was a dinger. >> we hoped to come on a talk show and i was looking for a beat down. i got one. i really got one. >> he did. that is your last call. lights are blinking and we're closing down shop there. is a packed on the record coming tomorrow night. star quarterback kurt warner will be here to go on the record about his new gig on, what else? "dancing with the stars". don't miss kurt warner tomorrow night. thank you for being with us tonight. make sure you check out our facebook fan page. click the like button for special access you won't get anywhere else. until then, keep